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Two Cross Dressing Women

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Description: Two women dressed up in men's attire, including top hats, eyeglasses, fake moustache, and canes, stand on the steps of porch of a private residence.
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Panorama of Labor Union 802 of Madison, Wisconsin

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Description: Local Unions 154, 182 and 802 posed in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol. Includes Madison Locals of Brewery Workmen, Carpenters & Joiners, Cigar Makers...
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Otis Elevator

Date: 1954
Description: Elevated view from stairway of the ornate Otis elevator in the Wisconsin Historical Society building. This elevator was installed as original equipment in ...
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St. Mary's Student Nurse Tour

Date: 09 04 1957
Description: Descending the steps from the Wisconsin State Capitol building are five new St. Mary's Hospital School of Nursing students on a tour of Madison. Left to ri...
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Nurse Rechard

Date: 1895
Description: A woman identified as Nurse Rechard stands in profile on the bottom step of a small flight of porch stairs. She is holding a tray with glassware on it.
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Loehrke and Zastrow Wedding Party

Date: 09 1957
Description: Loehrke and Zastrow wedding party in front of church.
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Leaving the Church

Date: 11 09 1957
Description: Jim and Shirley Widmer get the "rice treatment" at their wedding at Saint John's Lutheran Church.
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Leaving the Church

Date: 06 13 1953
Description: Carl and La Verne Grothouse are "showered" by rice after their wedding.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce Auxiliary

Date: 04 30 1960
Description: Group portrait of Madison Junior Chamber of Commerce auxiliary members who are taking leading roles in arrangements for the upcoming state convention. Bott...
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Wilbur J. Cohen Swearing-In as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare

Date: 05 16 1968
Description: Group portrait of family and friends at Wilbur Cohen's swearing-in as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. From left to right: Bruce Cohen, Wilbur's...
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Madison Women's Golf Awards Dinner

Date: 06 27 1961
Description: Attending the annual women's golf awards dinner at Maple Bluff Country Club are, left to right: Nan Farrar, Mrs. Darrell Campbell, Barbara Herrick and Doro...
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Sitting on the Steps

Date: 1950
Description: A young man sits on the top step of an entrance to a building with his arms wrapped around the shoulders of a young woman who sits on the step below him be...
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Hear No, Speak No, and See No Evil

Date: 1950
Description: Group portrait of three young people sitting in a row on steps leading up the entrance of a building. The woman in the foreground sits on the second highes...
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Sitting Together on the Steps

Date: 1950
Description: A young man is sitting on the top step of an entrance to a building with his arms wrapped around a young woman who sits between his legs on the stair below...
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Posing Together

Date: 1950
Description: Group portrait of several women and men standing together on the stairs leading to the entrance of a building. One man sits separate from the group on the ...
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Group Portrait of the Division of Historic Preservation

Date: 09 20 1990
Description: Group portrait of the Division of Historic Preservation at the Wisconsin Historical Society. Names, back row, l to r: Dan Duchrow, Rick Dexter, Brian McCor...
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Family Group at Pine Lake

Date: 1895
Description: Members of George Brumder's family posing on the porch of the summer house on Pine Lake. They are, from left, Henriette Brandhorst (Mrs. George) Brumder; H...
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Archie and Dorothea Johnson

Date: 04 16 1978
Description: Portrait of a man and woman posing sitting on the steps in front of a door. The man has his arm around the woman's shoulder. Caption reads: "Archie and Dor...
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Holt and Stroh Families on the Front Steps

Date: 1896
Description: The Holt and Stroh families are sitting together on the front steps of the Holts' home. On the left, W.A. Holt is holding his daughter Jeannette with her d...
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Parkinson Home on Ludington Street

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Description: Five women are posing in front of a house on a stoop and porch. They are all wearing hats, skirts, and blouses, and one woman is sitting in a rocking chair...

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